Everything Feels Wrong, But It's Shooting Really Well - What Would You Do?

FLOYDSTER

Fook all wrong with that Dave!;), whats it going to be like when you get comfortable!!:D

It wasn't me!

FLOYDSTER wrote: »

Fook all wrong with that Dave!;), whats it going to be like when you get comfortable!!:D

All I'm looking for is to be able to sit comfortably and be confident that I can take the shot, remaining relaxed, and get the results.

Sparks

You know it might be the effort involved that's causing the good results - you're so focussed on it that your mental game is upped and the scores go up as well.

Or, you could just be on the learning curve - and those take a while; I only finally hit the comfortable-with-it point tonight on the range for the changes Kimmo made in Kuortane back in November (granted, there was a minor hiatus in there for a little while, but still ).

sbw

Get some time on a Scatt or Noptel and see how the hold compares.

demonloop

This is what you call a cant!!

rrpc

Getting your head properly behind the sights is probably the most important thing you need to do to achieve consistent accurate shooting. If something in your position or your rifle is preventing you from doing this naturally, you'll die of fatigue long before you've finished a match.

I think Coronal suggested offsetting the butt plate to get the cheek piece closer to you and I'd concur with that. Yes, you'll probably get a different recoil, but so long as it's consistent recoil it shouldn't be a problem. Raiser blocks coupled with raising the cheek piece may improve things, but could also add neck strain to the equation.

So make small changes to the lateral offset of the butt plate first and see how that goes.

It wasn't me!

rrpc wrote: »

Getting your head properly behind the sights is probably the most important thing you need to do to achieve consistent accurate shooting. If something in your position or your rifle is preventing you from doing this naturally, you'll die of fatigue long before you've finished a match.

I think Coronal suggested offsetting the butt plate to get the cheek piece closer to you and I'd concur with that. Yes, you'll probably get a different recoil, but so long as it's consistent recoil it shouldn't be a problem. Raiser blocks coupled with raising the cheek piece may improve things, but could also add neck strain to the equation.

So make small changes to the lateral offset of the butt plate first and see how that goes.

That's sort of what I was getting at alright. No way I'd get through a match programme as things stand, certainly not in time to finish it anyway. Should hopefully get a training session in this week and will try offsetting the buttplate then, and hopefully won't suffer a drop in scores as a result.

It wasn't me!

Spent a couple of hours working through stuff this evening. Finally got to apply that tweak. The result is a prone position I've always admired, with a strong drop of the trigger hand elbow, slightly raised shoulder and lots of firm contact between elbow and mat, raised position which stays at the right height more easily, and, though there's some cant now, my head falls naturally on the cheekpiece. Going to need a level for my foresight, but will look into that shortly. Recoil isn't quite as tight, but I'm much more comfortable for longer and I have a better angle on the pistol grip and trigger, so I'm sure with a few more sessions it'll be very clean and easy. Groups were solid, but with flyers, as I hadn't been shooting and wasn't happy with my shot execution. Going to be training again tomorrow. Got a 30-shot competition to shoot, expect it to be pretty solid based on today. Cheers lads, hopefully there'll be a lot to show for this work.